Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a given outlay of local currency it has ensured a higher value of imports than would have been available under a market valuation of the currency . |
| 2 | Television may have made inroads on the number of live spectators but , if anything , it has encouraged a greater degree of participation in a far wider range of activities . |
| 3 | Thus in many cases where a buyer seeks to reject goods supplied under a sale contract , it does so because the transaction has proved uneconomical , for instance because the market has fallen , or because it has found a cheaper source of supply ; it may then sieze on any trivial breach , or any ambiguity in the contract , in order to justify rejection of the goods . |
| 4 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
| 5 | However , Norwich Union has publicly stated that it intends to devote a greater part of its investments to fixed interest securities . |
| 6 | Valuable as this account is , in its necessary emphasis on Scrutiny and Cambridge it tends to obscure a wider perspective covering the full range of cross-currents within English during the inter-war period . |
| 7 | It aims to achieve a greater spread of awards to people ‘ in any walk of life , well-known or not , whose service to the community , or contribution to life in this country you regard as exceptional ’ . |
| 8 | ’ Anyone does , in business , if it helps to provide a better service … ’ |
| 9 | It is a new development because it means placing a higher priority on dressing to please yourself . ’ |
| 10 | The shark catches it by its feet , but as it tries to get a better grip the young bird is released and flaps into the air over the shark 's back . |
| 11 | Furthermore , although charges are low , standards are going up as hosts recognise that it pays to provide a better service . |
| 12 | There is often political pressure on a company from the country in which it operates to allow a greater degree of control to be exercised by the country concerned . |
| 13 | It does not propose any significant environmental measures , but it does suggest a lower duty on diesel . |
| 14 | But I would agree with Mr , that it does add a further pressure , it means we have to have a real review of erm , how we pay allowances in order to stay within our budget limit , which I think is two hundred and two thousand for the current year , and erm , a little bit more for next year , according to the previous paper . |
| 15 | Oh I think that 's , when you , when I 've seen the things on the telly you know showing these traveller things , it does look a prettier island , it does look quite a lo a bit , nicer island the scenery and |
| 16 | There are n't many new ideas , or the money to back them , so if there is a good script that has an Asian angle , the chances are it 's got a better probability of getting made . |
| 17 | because it 's got gold wheels right it 's got a better suspension . |
| 18 | Well it 's got a higher voltage . |
| 19 | And it 's got a bigger shed as well . |
| 20 | No actually it does n't have a curve , it is a triangle but it 's got a longer base has n't it ? |